Happy Summer! Dive season is really underway and the water seems to be fairly comfortable (that being a relative term, of course). We just had our first beach meeting and the weather was perfect! Hopefully we'll have a repeat for July's beach meeting on the 26th.

Plenty of stuff coming up in the near future: The Great Annual Fish Count is on July 28th. See elsewhere in this newsletter for more details! And, if you are planning on coming to the annual Vermont camping/diving trip and have not already done so, please email Vinny the dates you are planning to attend.

This month, I'd like to name John Ferrier as Diver of the Month for being at the BK lot for Sunday morning dives so frequently. And, Markus Diersbock is Member of the month for doing a great job as webmaster and taking care of the website.

Happy Diving!

Meg!

Please Welcome New Member

Mike McDonald

voted in as newest member on May 31.

Coming July Events

July 26: Beach Meeting at White Beach in Manchester by the Sea

July 28: Great Annual Fish Count (GAFC) at Stage Fort Park and various diving locations.

-Tony went to Back Beach Sunday with a drysuit student. 15-20’ vis, 56F.

-Tony started training for tech diving. Double tanks are quite the experience

– not as easy as it looks.

Dive this weekend: 7:45AM BK Sunday

Raffles

Dollars Box: Ginny Cookson

Bug Bag: Meg Tennissen

Mystery Prize: Jack Munro

6-Jun-2012

Meeting called to order: 8:12 PM

Attendance: 4 Officers, 19 Members, 1 guest

Mike Walsh gave a very interesting presentation on Indonesia and camouflage of underwater creatures.

Secretary: Minutes read and accepted

Committees:

Membership: Tom Ralph renewed and is now member #100 for 2012

Program: see website for details

-7/28-Great Annual Fish Count. We usually go to Old Garden Beach; Roslyn is coordinating efforts for that location. You need to preregister and you need to be a REEF member (free membership)

General Discussion:

-Free Dive magazines – “Scubasport” was handed out – thanks, Bill

-Next week we’ll have a drawing for a dive off Easy Diver for all members who are fathers in honor of Fathers Day. 3 fathers will win.

Dive Talk:

-Vinny went on the annual birthday dive for Tony @ Gloucester Breakwater. 17’.

-Adam went to Back Beach 2 weeks ago – tons of nudis – lots of red gill and white gill.

-Claus went to Dutch Springs, quarry in PA, 90’. Crystal clear water unless you stir up the silt. Practicing line skills. 3 divers came by with gas extension system (rebreather) and stirred up the silt and the lines were important.

-Vinny went with Fred. He doesn’t allow integrated weights. He wants you to wear a backplate. Planned on 2 dives of New Hampshire – strong current, so after a few minutes (counting that as a dive), then they moved to a better spot. Large egger. Vinny got a big piece of copper sheathing.

-Mike went with Fred a couple weeks ago.

-Tony had a night dive class last night at Canoe Beach, Nahant. Lots of small lobsters, cunner. Just got back from Tech class – 90’ at Chimneys, Nahant.

-Dive this weekend: 7:45AM BK Sunday

Father’s Day Drawing, the following Fathers won a dive on Easy Diver: John Sears, Harry Van Geen Hoven, Gary Michaud

Raffles:

Dollars Box: Vinny Egizi

Bug Bag: Adam Hartnett Mystery Prize: Mike Denneler

21-Jun-2012

Meeting minutes not available at this time, though a meeting was held!

28-Jun-2012

Beach “Meeting” held at White Beach in Manchester. A great time was had by all who attended. (See pics on page 8)

Come and hear more about how the San Diego dive community came together to purchase, prepare and sink one of the most interesting warships for an artificial reef. Learn more about the HMCS Yukon, how to dive it and how the wreck is growing as an artificial reef. You'll hear the history and updates from one of the first people to prepare and dive the wreck. Learn more about the Yukon and her sister ships in San Diego's Wreck Alley. Find out what it takes to make and sink a wreck and how to dive the Yukon from one of the guys who prepared her for sinking.

2nd Club Beach meeting, July 26

at White Beach in Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA. This is a picnic/cookout social event. If you want to do a dive before or after, that’s definitely an option. The tide will be high about 5:30 on 7/26.

Vermont Diving/Camping

RESCHEDULED

Please note that the Vermont Diving and Camping and hanging out and having a fun time week has been rescheduled to August 5 through 12.

Please let Vinny know the dates you plan to be there so he can forward that information to Annette and Pat. Annette has found some new places for us to dive. I think she is also hoping we might help some people who lost some precious possessions in the flooding in Vermont last year.

Plan for a fun time in August!

Other Dive-Related Events

July 28:

11th Great Annual Fish Count

Coming back for the 11th year in a row, you can help count fish and win prizes! Each year divers help researchers by surveying fish populations.

This is done by identifying what fish you see on a dive. After the dive, we gather at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester, for raffle prizes and a BBQ!

The raffle is now valued at over $5000!

There will be a picnic ($5 donation), raffles, and a touch tank. Every diver who submits a survey form will get an entry into the raffles. We are expecting more than 100 divers to participate in the day’s celebration.

How does it work?

Simply get underwater (even snorkeling), fill out a survey for the fish you see, and turn the forms in at Stage Fort Park before 1:30PM. Every diver who fills out a survey gets an entry in the raffle.

You will need a REEF ID number to register to participate in this event. If you don’t have a number, join REEF (it’s free!) now at http://reef.org. Then email Bob Michelson (pbm.inc@verizon.net) to let him know you plan to participate, and at what location.

WHAT IS REEF? REEF provides the SCUBA diving community a way to contribute to the understanding and protection of marine populations. REEF achieves this goal primarily through its volunteer fish monitoring program, the REEF Fish Survey Project.

The next meeting of the Bay State Council of Divers (BSC) is scheduled for Wednesday, July 25 at 7:30PM. This organization is for the benefit of all divers in Massachusetts.

BSC meetings are held at 7:30PM at the South Shore

Neptunes’ clubhouse in Quincy, MA, at the corner of

Quarry Street and Joyce Road.

All are welcome to attend this meeting!!

NEU Marine Science Center Movie

You are cordially invited to join us for the final event in this summer's film series.

Tuesday, July 24th at 7:00pm

OCEAN FRONTIERS

This new film takes us on an inspiring voyage to seaports and watersheds across the country to meet an intermingling of unlikely allies of industrial shippers and whale biologists, farmers and fishermen, snorkelers and many more, all of them embarking on a new course of cooperation in defense of the seas that sustain us.

Special guest for post-film discussion is Winston Vaughn of the Conservation Law Foundation.

This is an 80 minute film, and will be followed by a brief, facilitated discussion. Films are shown in the Murphy Bunker at the MSC, which is ADA accessible. Popcorn and lemonade are served half an hour before the program begins.

Supporting and promoting the recreational diving community in Massachusetts.

The Bay State Council of Divers (BSC) is a diver’s advocacy group. The BSC monitors local, state and federal regulations that may affect the recreational diving community in Massachusetts. When required, the BSC represents the interests of the diving community in these matters.

The BSC serves as a liaison between dive clubs and dive stores to promote recreational diving activity in Massachusetts. All divers are encouraged to support the BSC with an annual contribution of $5. Your contribution will allow the BSC to continue to be a strong advocate for the recreational diving community in Massachusetts.